Christmas Concerts

13th December 2017, 1-2pm

Bexley Wing, St. James' Hospital, Leeds

16th December 2017, 7.15pm

Christmas Concert, Lindley

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Musical Director & Accompanist

Ian Abbott

Ian was born and brought up in Dewsbury and learnt to play piano at an early age, gaining Grade 8 piano at the age of 15.
He went on to study Chemistry at Bristol University and was awarded an Organ Scholarship through the university at Tyndale Baptist Church.
After returning to Yorkshire, Ian gained an interest in amateur theatre and took up several appointments with various societies
as accompanist and later as Musical Director. He was accompanist for several years with the highly successful Sing Live,
during which time he appeared on Open House With Gloria Hunniford and sang at the Royal Albert Hall.
Ian is currently organist at Trinity Methodist Church in Mirfield. He lives in Mirfield with his wife Nicola and their two
daughters, Bethany and Danielle. Ian has been Musical Director with Marsh Ladies since 2009, during which time
the choir has gone from strength to strength.

Kim Kaye

Kim started her piano studies with her mother at the age of five. At eighteen she went to The Royal
Academy of Music in London where she gained an Honours degree in Music, her Piano Teachers Diploma and completed a post-graduate year in piano accompaniment.
Kim teaches piano, flute and music theory privately as well as accompanying for local festivals and examinations.
She is Musical Director for the Holme Valley Singers and is also a member of Roka along with Jane Robertson performing piano duets.
Kim also plays for weddings and parties in Anything Goes.

President

Val Javin

Val Javin has spent more than 40 years as a journalist, working as news reporter, sports journalist, sub-editor and until her recent retirement, head of features at
the Huddersfield Examiner. Val specialised in arts coverage, writing arts columns and reviews for more than 35 years. She has built up strong connections across the
region in theatre, music, opera, visual arts and dance and has mentored a number of young performers. Val was actively involved in the campaign to establish a theatre
in Kirklees and was a trustee of the Kirklees Theatre Trust from its outset until 2007. She chaired the Development Committee which led the fund-raising campaign for
the conversion of the Queen Street Mission. Re-joining the board of trustees in 2015, she is now its vice-chairperson. Val has been part of Huddersfield Theatre Users’
Association for almost 30 years. Val is an experienced charity trustee, positions include board member of Dark Horse theatre company and chair of Huddersfield Common
Good Trust.

Marsh Ladies Choir are delighted to have Val Javin as their President from February 2017.